COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/325
of 18 February 2025
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1776 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of melamine originating in the People’s Republic of China, following a partial interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Previous investigations and measures in force
1.2.
Request for a partial interim review
1.3.
Initiation of an interim review
1.4.
Review investigation period and period considered
1.5.
Interested parties
1.6.
Sampling
1.6.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.6.2.
Sampling of unrelated importers
1.7.
Replies to the questionnaire
1.8.
Verification
1.9.
Subsequent procedure
2.
PRODUCT UNDER REVIEW AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under review
2.2.
Product concerned
2.3.
Like product
3.
UNION INTEREST
3.1.
Introduction
3.2.
Change of circumstances and lasting nature
3.2.1.
Background
3.2.2.
Change of circumstances
3.2.2.1. Significant upward changes in cost of production
3.2.2.1.1. Strong increase of gas prices
3.2.2.1.2. Other factors significantly increasing cost of production
3.2.2.2. Supply situation on the Union market
3.2.2.2.1. Production capacity of the Union industry
3.2.2.2.2. Market share of the Union industry
3.2.2.2.3. Imports from third countries
3.2.2.2.4. Conclusion on supply situation
3.2.2.3. Conclusion
3.2.3.
Lasting nature
3.2.3.1. Introduction
3.2.3.2. Assessment of lasting nature
3.2.3.2.1. Significant upward changes in cost of production
3.2.3.2.2. Supply situation on the Union market
3.2.4.
Conclusion
3.3.
Injury
3.3.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
3.3.2.
Union consumption
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Consumption |
364 168 |
427 309 |
377 704 |
339 676 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
117 |
104 |
93 |
||
|
3.3.3.
Imports from the country concerned
3.3.3.1. Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Volume of imports from the PRC (tonnes) |
1 222 |
27 270 |
107 506 |
99 112 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
2 232 |
8 800 |
8 113 |
||
Market share of imports from the PRC (%) |
0,3 |
6,4 |
28,5 |
29,2 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
1 902 |
8 484 |
8 698 |
||
|
3.3.3.2. Prices of the imports from China and price undercutting.
3.3.3.2.1. Prices
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
China |
958 |
1 627 |
1 990 |
1 361 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
170 |
208 |
142 |
||
|
3.3.3.2.2. Price undercutting
3.3.4.
Volumes and prices of imports from third countries
Country |
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Qatar |
Import volume (tonnes) |
26 256 |
35 622 |
37 809 |
40 360 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
136 |
144 |
154 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
7,2 |
8,3 |
10,0 |
11,9 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
115 |
139 |
165 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
824 |
1 548 |
2 459 |
1 644 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
188 |
298 |
200 |
||
Trinidad and Tobago |
Import volume (tonnes) |
8 370 |
14 112 |
11 400 |
16 320 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
169 |
136 |
195 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
2,3 |
3,3 |
3,0 |
4,8 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
144 |
131 |
209 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
850 |
1 572 |
2 504 |
1 379 |
||
|
Index (2019 = 100) |
100 |
185 |
295 |
162 |
||
India |
Import volume (tonnes) |
2 122 |
5 520 |
12 848 |
9 768 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
260 |
605 |
460 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
0,6 |
1,3 |
3,4 |
2,9 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
222 |
584 |
493 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
677 |
1 446 |
2 219 |
1 450 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
214 |
328 |
214 |
||
Other third countries |
Import volume (tonnes) |
35 311 |
26 652 |
15 110 |
9 180 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
75 |
43 |
26 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
9,7 |
6,2 |
4,0 |
2,7 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
64 |
41 |
28 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
800 |
1 570 |
2 262 |
1 502 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
196 |
283 |
188 |
||
Total imports excluding China |
Import volume (tonnes) |
72 059 |
81 907 |
77 167 |
75 629 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
114 |
107 |
105 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
19,8 |
19,2 |
20,4 |
22,3 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
97 |
103 |
113 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
835 |
1 557 |
2 387 |
1 544 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
186 |
286 |
185 |
||
|
3.3.5.
Economic situation of the Union industry
3.3.5.1. General remarks
3.3.5.2. Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Production volume (tonnes) |
401 780 |
396 575 |
268 034 |
175 786 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
99 |
67 |
44 |
||
Production capacity (tonnes) |
480 578 |
477 621 |
477 379 |
476 874 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
99 |
99 |
99 |
||
Capacity utilisation (%) |
83,6 |
83,0 |
56,1 |
36,9 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
99 |
67 |
44 |
||
|
3.3.5.3. Sales volume and market share
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Total sales volume on the Union market – unrelated customers |
290 888 |
318 133 |
193 031 |
164 935 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
109 |
66 |
57 |
||
Market share (%) |
79,9 |
74,5 |
51,1 |
48,6 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
93 |
64 |
61 |
||
|
3.3.5.4. Growth
3.3.5.5. Prices and factors affecting prices
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Weighted average unit sales price in the Union (EUR/tonne) |
928 |
1 863 |
3 196 |
1 498 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
201 |
344 |
161 |
||
Unit cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
906 |
1 611 |
3 173 |
3 069 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
178 |
350 |
339 |
||
|
3.3.5.6. Employment and productivity
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Number of employees |
632 |
642 |
613 |
582 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
102 |
97 |
92 |
||
Labour Productivity (tonne/employee) |
524 |
508 |
347 |
231 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
97 |
66 |
44 |
||
Average labour costs per employee |
73 491 |
77 431 |
86 835 |
90 642 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
105 |
118 |
123 |
||
|
3.3.5.7. Inventories
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Closing stocks |
12 151 |
5 372 |
32 163 |
13 336 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
44 |
265 |
110 |
||
Closing stocks as a percentage of production |
3,1 |
1,4 |
15,1 |
9,9 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
45 |
488 |
320 |
||
|
3.3.5.8. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RIP |
||
Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (%) |
–4,1 |
12,3 |
–5,6 |
– 100,1 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
– 100 |
298 |
– 136 |
–2 427 |
||
Cash flow |
12 158 042 |
95 868 270 |
-10 678 921 |
- 118 092 691 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
789 |
–88 |
– 971 |
||
Investments |
25 704 881 |
32 880 347 |
46 905 512 |
75 538 271 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
128 |
182 |
294 |
||
Return on investments |
–10,2 % |
46,2 % |
–7,4 % |
–94,6 % |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
– 100 |
455 |
–73 |
– 930 |
||
|
3.3.5.9. Conclusion on the situation of the Union industry
3.3.6.
Causation
3.4.
Interest of unrelated importers and users
3.5.
Conclusion on Union interest
4.
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
4.1.
Connection between injury and changed circumstances
4.2.
Change of the form of the measure
Article 1
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty (%) |
TARIC additional code |
Xinjiang Xinlianxin Energy Chemical Co., Ltd |
12,0 |
8 99B |
Sichuan Golden-Elephant Sincerity Chemical Co., Ltd |
44,9 |
A 986 |
Shandong Holitech Chemical Industry Co., Ltd |
47,6 |
A 987 |
Henan Junhua Development Company Ltd |
49,0 |
A 988 |
All other imports originating in China |
65,2 |
A 999 |